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In case you have spent the last week fixing fences in the back of the Simpson desert, you might not be aware that Queen Elizabeth II is no longer alive. However, with the occasional snippet of ABC National radio in the work ute, there is very little chance that even the most isolated and remote Australians would have missed the...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA Buckingham Palace staff member has today come under fire for making a massive blunder with the Queen’s funeral plans, which has caused the Royal Family some unwanted negative press on a day of mourning. As news spread across the world that Queen Elizabeth II has peacefully passed away, Buckingham palace’s inner circle have been called to launch ‘Operation...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. In even more shocking news: her eldest son, Charles, is now King. Buckingham Palace released a statement just after 6:30pm on Thursday local time (3:30am Friday AEST), confirming the Queen had died at her Balmoral estate in the Scottish Highlands. The next in line to the throne,...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactThe nation’s hellish neighbours and reckless hoons have been spotted celebrating today, as news spread that Tracy Grimshaw would be leaving A Current Affair after spending 17 years conducting investigations on bogans. Though this decision has been sad news to many who’d grown up with Grimshaw, there are plenty of people coming out of the woodwork to rejoice the...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact The nation's favourite airline has today confirmed that times have been tough over the last few months and years. Qantas and its subsidiary Jetstar have fronted the media this morning claiming the company has posted a massive loss of $860 million - which has absolutely nothing to do with offsetting the massive profits they are about to rake...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local number 9 batsman has walked out of Wilson Sporting Goods on Mitchell Avenue a thousand dollars lighter after he simply couldn’t walk past this season’s offerings from Kookaburra. Though he barely averages double figures, Michael Plug told The Advocate that the blame for that lies in his poor choice of bat last season – prompting him to make the...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT The nation's second-biggest supermarket cartel has today hit the airwaves with a fresh new ad campaign. Set amidst soaring cost of living pressures, Coles has called upon their old faithful Curtis Stone to reinvigorate dinner time around the nation. Cashing in on 'global and local pressures' the supermarket has re-hashed its famous 'Feed The Family For Under $10'...

MOYRA BRICK | Relationships | Contact A reader wrote to The Advocate earlier this week asking what he should do about a local snake repeatedly catching up with his partner. While he didn’t want to appear petty and overly-protective, he also didn’t like the fact it was happening. Sam Toole, 25,  revealed in his letter to our reporters that this has been going on for some time. “I just...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT One of Betoota’s longest serving bachelors is spicing things up in the kitchen tonight, as he looks to revitalise some leftovers from the weekend. After spending 40 minutes swiping through his options on a food delivery app, it’s believed local Insurance salesman Caleb Webber (29) was forced to eat-in, after realising he had less than $8...

RORY SALAZAR | Finance | CONTACT FinTech entrepreneur Mr Eric Goyer (33), CEO and Founder of the innovative Buy Now Pay Never (BNPN) financial technology App ‘PayNada’, which he got off the ground using his own money, has sensationally declared bankruptcy today. This comes after the BNPN App, the first and last of its kind, saw millions of consumers sign up as soon as...